"Hey Lauren. I find it's a lot easier to zone out in overwhelming situations than it is to stay present and see things through. The nagging feeling I'm making poor life choices... feelings of loneliness... financial difficulties... marital…"

"I cry. I worry. I fret. I doubt. I scream. I fuss. In essence, I feel bad... until I feel better.
The numbing effects of prayer in times of uncertainty are very much like the numbing effects of alcohol and drugs…"

"equanimity. Buddhists tell a great story about a man who was a farmer. This man was old and was dependent on his son to run the farm. One day their only horse, which they used to plow the land ran away. The neighbor tells the old man,…"

"Hi Lauren
You are most welcome to this world of rationality, truth and peace, where common sense helped by science leads to freethinking wisdom as you have been finding out.
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"Lauren, for me there is a positive force in control. Me. I am the positive force in control of my life. I realize things will happen, already have. But if I continue putting one foot in front of another, eyes forward, I have always come…"

"I content myself with the fact that at least there is no malign influence out to get me. Honestly I have been very fortunate in life, with little in the way of true difficulty. When my grandpa was possibly going to die i could at least say he lived…"

Hey there. I was a deeply religious Christian until age 20 or so, struggled for 3 or 4 years before being able to confidently call myself atheist. That was 4 or 5 years ago, I have rebuilt my identity and belief system and am happily living a richer, more loving life. I feel at peace with where I am, much more at peace with where I’ve been; couldn’t, but wouldn’t, go back... Maybe it’s just a personal problem, or life—but there’s one thing that I haven’t been able to and don’t know how to…See More

Hey there. I was a deeply religious Christian until age 20 or so, struggled for 3 or 4 years before being able to confidently call myself atheist. That was 4 or 5 years ago, I have rebuilt my identity and belief system and am happily living a richer, more loving life. I feel at peace with where I am, much more at peace with where I’ve been; couldn’t, but wouldn’t, go back... Maybe it’s just a personal problem, or life—but there’s one thing that I haven’t been able to and don’t know how to…See More

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